An initial palaeosalinity history of Jaw Lake, Bunger Hills based on a diatom-salinity transfer function applied to sediment cores

Antarctic Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-176

  Roberts, D ^a   McMinn, A ^a   Zwartz, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bunger Hills; Diatoms; Limnology; Palaeolimnology; Palaeosalinity

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LAKE EVOLUTION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SALINITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; JAW LAKE;

EID: 0034212927     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102000000225     Document Type: Article

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